Blogs, Bravery and Boredom

Hi guys. This blog entry is going to be a bit of a mixture in terms of topics that I want to discuss. First of all, you’ll probably guess that I’m actually writing here because I’m slightly bored, yet I have so much to do. I’m either using this blog as a procrastination tool or a motivational tool, to be honest with you it’s a bit of both! I’ve been awake since 8am this morning and I haven’t done much, apart from emailing my best friend and messing around with my desktop. I’m becoming ever so technology dependent and I feel that things SHOULD change soon and hopefully they will.

So, what’s new with me then? Well yesterday I found out that one of my university lecturers is climbing the highest mountain in Europe to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Care. I just want to drop a few lines here to say how amazing she really is. She was diagnosed with a dangerous skin cancer back in February (just four days after booking the trip to climb the mountain), she then had to have an operation on her arm to remove cancerous skin. Even though she was so ill she was still determine to regain her fitness and confidence in order to take the challenge of climbing the mountain. I think that she is so brave and such an inspiration. To read more about the fundraiser and to make a donation (remember that every penny counts) please visit:
 http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=WendyNicholls . This is for such a good cause, all donations will be appreciated.

On another note I have started to seriously think about my Masters research project. The only problem is that I now have about five ideas that could all potentially work and all link to each other in some way or another. The key theme in my ideas seems to be perceptions of technology, the ideas include parental perceptions of children’s video-gaming, parental perceptions of teenagers social networking use, general perceptions of internet addiction disorder and OAP’s perceptions of technology. Most of them assess how much these perceptions come from general perceptions of technology that the media write about (e.g. Facebook causes suicide in teenagers). I’m not saying that any of these projects will end up being my research project, but these are just ideas that I have at the moment, I just thought that I would share.

On a less academic note the last episode of Waterloo Road is on at 7:30pm on the BBC, it’s kind of exciting but I feel that the ending of the season (within the series) will be disappointing as the plot of Waterloo Road is often too predictable and straight forward.

I’m pretty tired now, so I suppose I will blog later on (or at some point). See you soon, Jodie xx